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Singer/Songwriter based in the North West UK
Peace, truth and love! ♥ ♥ ♥
*** UPDATE! 'My Muse And I' is now available on ITunes/Amazon etc! ***
Since childhood Sheena Bratt (previously known as Sheena Rowley) has been passionate about the magic of music. She has worked as a Primary Teacher in the UK and has taught all ages in Thailand. She did a Post Graduate Certificate in Education with Modern Foreign Languages, after her BA (Hons) in Law & Philosophy. She sees music as an outlet for a message - of love, fun and global change & harmony.
After tinkering with many instruments, she now mostly plays guitar and sings. Her performance and writing days began at primary school and she's busked, gigged and recorded all over the place (and in other countries), solo and in bands; For herself and for charity. She absolutely loves the whole process, the writing, recording and playing live. She loves many different types of music, all kinds of things in life inspire her to write and her music has been described as folk/country/blues/indie/pop but it doesn't really fall into a set category.
She has in the past recorded a 4 track CD, a live album, and recorded individual tracks with many people - including internationally successful DJs and producers Hemstock&Jennings, who she also sang live for at the Foundation in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a big dance club. She's supported Glen Tilbrook (of Squeeze) and was also featured a few years ago at the Unsigned Showcase at Nantwich's Folk and Roots Festival. Recently, Mojo Records took an interest in her and featured one of her tracks (Fire In Your Eyes) on their websites, she's also featured on their website as an artist they're working with. She also had a regular slot singing at The Comedy Store before she went travelling. She presented a radio show in Thailand for a while and has performed live on various radio shows, her recorded tracks are played on many stations too. She's now very excited to be working in a new 5-piece band to give a funky sound to her acoustic tracks. Harmonica, drums, bass, lead/banjo and rhythm guitar and a handful of extremely talented musicians, will be rocking out her music at various festivals in the UK this summer.
She feels very privileged to be working with Rockin Russ (DJ/Producer/Promoter) who's on the Rocked music label. Their first collaborative release will be a track called 'In Spirit'. He and the Rocked team are 'putting Stoke back on the map' regarding the dance music scene; As said by BBC Radio 1 DJ Kutski, who played a quality track of his recently on his radio show. She'll also be working with James Williams on the Airspace label (he is also half of Kaotix in the Rocked crew), who is producing some equally fine dance music. A release will be out soon on the Airspace label, the vocals for which have been co-written between Sheena and the label owner. Airspace are very keen to have Sheena write for and sing on their forthcoming releases.
She's equally as excited about another new collaboration, a chilled electronic project with the very talented, established dance music producer Robbie Fithon, who is signed to 6193 Recordings. They will also be taking the show on the road in the North West of England initially, showcasing their individually written songs.
Another collaboration happening is with a very talented, young German producer called Leon Beilmann, he will be releasing with Mystique Dream Recordings.
The most recent confirmed collaboration (they just keep coming!) is with a producer called P.A.F.F. A recent album that he produced for a Polish rap band has gone gold in sales! Sheena is over the moon to have been approached by P.A.F.F....stay tuned for big news on this collaboration soon!
Last but by no means least, she feels hugely privileged to be being 'seriously considered' to play at Earthday Brasil Festival, an amazing festival for peace and global change, happening in Rio next year. http://www.earthdaybrasil.com. In being considered, the organisers are promoting her on the website. There will be an Earthday Warm-Up Party early next year in Rio, headlined by the internationally successful DJ Tiesto. Exciting times!
With her recent album 'My Muse And I' getting great reviews, and with record company interest, things are certainly progressing for Sheena Bratt!
Some of her music can be heard on:
http://www.sheenabratt.com
http://www.myspace.com/sheenabratt (new myspace page)
the old one is http://www.myspace.com/sheenalynrowley
http://www.sheenabratt.com/reputationmedia
http://www.reverbnation.com/sheenabratt
http://www.soundcloud.com/sheenabratt
http://www.twitter.com/sheenabratt1
http://www.youtube.com/sheenabratt
http://www.last.fm/user/sheenabratt
http://www.indiemusicglobal.com/profile/SheenaBratt
You can also 'like' her music page:
http://www.facebook.com/sheena.bratt.music
Age
32
Hometown
Originally from Stoke-on-Trent
Country
United Kingdom
Occupation
Musician
Schools
BA (Law&Philosophy) at Keele University. PGCE in Primary Education with Modern Foreign Languages at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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